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Nia Green Belt Training

About the Nia Green Belt

Green Belt is an optional training, which focuses entirely on developing and embodying the skills to effectively teach Nia. All belt levels who teach or desire to teach are strongly encouraged to attend this training.
The Nia Promise and Delivering the Nia Experience are phrases we use to express the transformative power of Nia; to a Nia Teacher's ability to deeply move and touch people within the classroom environment. As a teacher, your role is to guide people through a m

Green Belt is an optional training, which focuses entirely on developing and embodying the skills to effectively teach Nia. All belt levels who teach or desire to teach are strongly encouraged to attend this training.

The Nia Promise and Delivering the Nia Experience are phrases we use to express the transformative power of Nia; to a Nia Teacher's ability to deeply move and touch people within the classroom environment. As a teacher, your role is to guide people through a meaningful journey of physical conditioning and self-discovery. Teaching Nia is all about sharing your personal experience – your physical and emotional sensations, visual images and feelings. To do so, you must have a solid understanding of the form, objective curriculum and communication techniques.

Green Belt comprehensively explores all mechanics of delivering the work, including embodying the choreography, cueing, creating intentional silences, dancing to the music and helping people achieve their personal fitness goals. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned teacher, Green Belt will further your teaching skills. New teachers develop confidence, craft and skill by learning and practicing the foundations of teaching. Seasoned teachers refine and deepen their understanding, building on their craft and receiving feedback from peers to deliver the most powerful experience possible.

The Green Belt training includes a pre-training course based on the 13 White Belt principles. As part of the training, you will learn and work with the routine, Passion.

Meet the Trainer

France-Laude Gohard was born and raised in Paris, France. At the age of 23, she moved to the U.S. on a journey of self discovery leaving a professional path in the medical field behind her. In 1989 she met Debbie and Carlos Rosas in San Rafael, Marin County, CA and started a 9-month training. Through this training, she reconnected with dance and movement as a path of Joy, Self-expression, Creativity and Healing. A few years later, France-Laude became one of the first Nia Trainers.

France-Laude Gohard was born and raised in Paris, France. At the age of 23, she moved to the U.S. on a journey of self discovery leaving a professional path in the medical field behind her. In 1989 she met Debbie and Carlos Rosas in San Rafael, Marin County, CA and started a 9-month training. Through this training, she reconnected with dance and movement as a path of Joy, Self-expression, Creativity and Healing. A few years later, France-Laude became one of the first Nia Trainers.

France-Laude’s study includes Authentic Movement and different dance modalities such as the Hawkins Technique and Jose Limon. Her Nia practice is profoundly influenced by the work of "Conscious Embodiment" developed by Aikido teacher Wendy Palmer.